by Hilda Raja
On the eve of the New Year2013.the question which comes to my mind is “where is my India”? ’Where is the nation in which I grew up and in which I did not see any difference between people of different religions? What has happened to this nation? Who is responsible for this downslide in values but up rise in corruption-greed for power and prestige? ....
by Madhav Nalapat
Soon after the protests, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wanted the victim to be transferred to a better hospital than Safdarjung, but this request by the CM was rejected, said a source. ....
by Claude Arpi
During the last few days, innumerable experts have commented on or analysed the gang rape that triggered one of the largest mass protests the capital has witnessed in recent years. ....
by Sandhya Jain
Has the UPA Government covertly given foreign missionaries a free hand to proselytise and convert ‘heathens’ in India? Persons seeking passport services in November 2012 were startled to discover that, without any discussion in Parliament or in public, the UPA Government has quietly relaxed restrictions on the entry and stay of foreign missionaries coming to the country. ....
by Dr. Vijaya Rajiva
In a recent interview with NDTV the Dalai Lama spoke about the need for combining modernity with the preservation of India's ancient civilisational heritage. He was speaking in the context of the gang rape and murder of the 23 year old student in New Delhi. The Dalai Lama specifically mentioned the culture of non violence. Material improvements are important but they must be combined with moral values. ....
by Duncan Gardham, and Tom Whitehead
More than 100 independent faith schools may be radicalising students, the Department of Education has warned in a secret memo which admits that officials are struggling to tackle extremism in state and private schools. ....
by Alpineski
Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday that 1,193 vehicles were burned overnight around the country. Clashes between police and offenders in the New Year’s Eve took place in the Muslim majority districts in the city of Strasbourg and Mulhouse. About seven police officers were attacked New Years eve night. ....
by Sandhya Jain
In sharp contrast to the solicitude shown towards religions of foreign origin, income tax authorities are discriminating against Hindu temples, while tribunals which exercise quasi-judicial powers are introducing bizarre claims into their decision-making process making a mockery of the Constitution and the country’s native majority community. ...
by Stephen Prothero
When a Hindu priest from Ohio offered the first Hindu prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, the socially conservative Family Research Council denounced the prayer as "one more indication that our nation is drifting from its Judeo-Christian roots." ...
by Tavleen Singh
Narendra Modi was sworn in for his fourth term as Chief Minister of Gujarat last Wednesday to the horror of those Indians who have spent more than a decade portraying him as a demon. ...
by Arati Sen and Indrajit Sen
Since the age of Enlightenment, the moral heritage of humanity ~ quest for the ultimate Truth and awareness for individual perfection has acquired distinctly different trajectories in the East and the West. ...
by Arvind Sharma
"Why can't you Indians and the Pakis get along?" I did not at first quite know whether to take this as an accusation or a question.... ...
by Ruchika Singhal
50 thoughts from Swami Vivekananda as the nation celebrates his 110th anniversary. Man comes from God in the beginning, in the middle he becomes man, and in the end he goes back to God. ...
by The Times of India
They were walls that existed hundreds of years ago - of buildings to house royalty and even deities. Today they are reduced to "ghost walls". ...
by Hindustan Times
A militant group in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt beheaded a Sikh man kidnapped over a month ago after accusing him of acting as a "spy" for a rival outfit, media reports said on Wednesday. Mohinder Singh, 40, was kidnapped from his shop in Tabbai village of Khyber Agency by unidentified armed men on November 20. ...
by The Indian Express
Condemning the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan Army, the BJP today said it was a "warning" to India and asked the government to place all facts before the international community so that Islamabad can be "named and shamed" before the world at large. ...
by R Jagannathan
The Akbaruddin Owaisi “hate speech” of 24 December 2012 is not what everyone thinks it is. Despite the incendiary nature of the speech, the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader’s poison tongue should be seen for what it is: an attempt to cock a snook at so-called secular parties. ...
by R. Upadhyay
Its politics and provocation are rooted in the delusion that Muslims were the original rulers of India and the British stole the country from them and handed it to the infidel Hindus. The complete silence of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi gives the impression they are scared. ...
by Josy Joseph
Nobody wants to be on record, but many seasoned Pakistani watchers within the security establishment are beginning to suspect that Tuesday's attack on Indian soldiers may have been executed by the Special Services Group (SSG), the Pakistan army's commando unit. ...
by Brahma Chellaney
Words like “brutal,” “heinous” and “savage” aptly describe the way a Pakistani army unit raided Indian territory and chopped two soldiers, taking away one severed head as a “trophy.” The Indian outrage, however, must not blind us to the unpalatable truth: India is reaping what it sowed. ...
by Rahi Gaikwad
Hailing India as the ideal of religious harmony, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said here on Saturday that it was advisable for people to stay within their traditional religious folds and not opt for conversions. ...
by Minhaz Merchant
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s silence over Pakistan’s brutal killing of two Indian soldiers inside Indian territory is inexplicable but forms a now familiar pattern. The PM was silent for days over the Delhi gang rape till public outrage forced him to issue a robotic statement ending with a “theek hai” – encapsulating all that is wrong with our top leadership. ...
by Aravindan Neelakandan
Your newspaper is now at the forefront of the secular crusade of ‘taking the aggression out of masculinity’. This is really a worthwhile cause. Your newspaper has been doing a wonderful work in this direction by identifying the elements of aggressive masculinity lurking behind the corners of that dark mansion called Indian culture, in which we are destined to live. ...
by The Times of India
New Delhi on Friday reacted to Pakistan's protest over the killing of one of its soldiers in cross-border gunbattle the previous day by asserting that Indian troops had resorted to "controlled response" in retaliation against unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops at Mendhar. ...
by The Times of India
In a rare challenge, a Shia Muslim leader publicly criticised Pakistani military chief General Ashfaq Kayani over security in the country on Friday after bombings targeting the minority sect killed 118 people. ...
by Arvind Panagariya
As 2012 made its exit, it left two horrific tragedies in its wake: the massacre of 26 students and teachers in my country of residence, the US, and the gang rape of a medical student in my country of citizenship. The two tragedies produced markedly contrasting reactions by leaders and people in the two countries, however. ...
by Amiya Prosad Sen
In several ways, the life and work of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) mark the historical process of India rediscovering herself in modern times. These are also emblematic of the ways in which a tradition modernizes or creates alternative forms of modernity. .
by Jaibans Singh
The nation was just about coming to grips with the brutal gang-rape in New Delhi when its collective sensibility was assaulted by the equally brutal killing of two of its brave soldiers,. .
by Kumar Chellappan
Fishermen in Karikattukuppam Village along the East Coast Road near Chennai on Saturday partially demolished the 300-metre long compound wall built by the family of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram. ...
by The Indian Express
Notwithstanding a huge controversy over expenditure on her foreign travels, the then President Pratibha Patil ran up a bill of Rs 18.08 crore on her last trip abroad shortly before demitting office. ..
by The Indian Express
BJP today attacked the Prime Minister for his "silence" on the issue of killing of Indian soldiers on the Line of Control and said there was no clarity in the government's response. ..
by Debabrata Mohanty
He is possibly the only god in India who owns so much land —25,711 acres — but Lord Jagannath is struggling to get part of it back from encroachers. ...
by The Hindu
Ramayana, the great Indian epic, is now available in Polish language, courtesy Janusz Krzyzowski, an Indologist in Poland who has translated the monumental work. ....
by Simrit Kahlon
Every year January 15 is celebrated as Army Day. It marks the day the first Indian soldier, General KM Cariappa, took over as commander-in-chief of the Indian Army. ....
by Riyaz Wani
A delegation of separatists leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on a visit to Pakistan last month also met Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin. ....
by The Economic Times
India increased pressure on Pakistan with Army chief General Bikram Singh saying that the forces will retaliate "at a place and time of our choosing" if the hostile neighbour refuses to mend fences. ....
by Yashwant Sinha
Dealing with Pakistan is a subject which has baffled Indian policymakers for the past 65 years. It is this lack of clarity which has always put India at a disadvantage vis-a-vis Pakistan. ....
by Express news service
The Army is against the dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh said on Monday. ....
by Shailvee Sharda
In the rush of Naga sadhus taking dip in the Sangam -- hailing Lord Shiva, throwing garlands in the air and brandishing traditional weapons on Monday ....
by Sneha Bhattacharjee
He was born Ganapathy Moorthi, but few know him by that name. In the music circles in Chennai and elsewhere, he is familiar as Tukaram Ganapathy. ....
by Sneha Bhattacharjee
The varkari tradition that pervades almost all of Maharashtra, it is the most prominent feature of the Bhakti movement that flourished in western India. ....
by The Indian Express
Ancient Indians migrated to Australia and mixed with the aborigines 4,000 years ago, well before the island continent had any contact with the Europeans, scientists have found in a new study . ....
by The Times of India
The meandering 778-km Line of Control (LoC) remains red-hot, with Pakistan violating the ceasefire at least five times after the Brigadier-level flag meeting . ....
by Rediff.com
Both India and Pakistan need to exercise restraint, but we also need to lay down a threshold which says -- this far and no more, says Colonel (retired) Jaibans Singh. ....
by The Indian Express
BJP on Monday claimed that the "conflicting" Supreme Court judgements on the appointment of Gujarat Lokayukta and Karnataka Upa Lokayukta ....
by Sandhya Jain
Has the December 31, 2012 raid on the premises of Tamil Nadu trader TM Ramalingam landed in cold storage following an ‘understanding’ between ....
by Radhika Ravi Rajan
The world of tweeple is abuzz with tweets on Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's now famous comment that India is indulging in war-mongering ....
by Ananth Krishnan
Chinese authorities have moved to censor news about the Delhi gang rape and ensuing protests after the incident triggered a heated debate online between State media outlets and pro-democracy voices ....
by Mediacrooks.com
There’s an old joke about legendary bowler B.S. Chandrashekhar. On a tour in New Zealand he had the batsman plumb in front of the wicket and appealed for LBW and jumped in delight ....
by Rohit Bansal
Bravo Arnab Goswami! The Prime Minister has registered your last 6-7 “Addresses to the Nation” and discovered the spine to mumble something on the mutilation of our jawans ....
by The Indian Express
Bravo Arnab Goswami! The Prime Minister has registered your last 6-7 “Addresses to the Nation” and discovered the spine to mumble something on the mutilation of our jawans ...
by Sudeep Chakravarti
Extreme leftwing rebellions from the time of independence have routinely dealt death as instant justice both in the battlefields of forests and farmlands of India, and rebel kangaroo courts ....
by Vijayendra Mohanty
Let us clear our heads of all the rage that seems to be emanating from ‘the nation’ (read Arnab Goswami’s studio) and try to see ....
by Shaju Philip
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s refrain that “law will take its own course” appears not to apply when senior bureaucrats are in the dock ....
by Kanchan Gupta
As a nation we have a poor sense of history and our eminent historians have contempt for the truth. But we must never forget the past — the Goa Inquisition is part of our history ...
by The Pioneer
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, one of our last Mohicans, has not received much scholarly attention primarily due to the stranglehold of the public sector ....
by Himanshi Dhawan
In a significant leg up to the government's literacy initiative, a national survey has revealed that almost 23 crore children are studying in 13 lakh schools across the country ....
by Tarun Vijay
Perhaps India’s home minister forgot he represents India and not Pakistan. Or maybe they wanted to divert attention from the humiliation Indian ....
by Radhika Ravi Rajan
It's surprising, to say the least, that Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has, during an interview on an American chat show ....
by Swapan Dasgupta
There is a scene from the late-’60s mushy and nationalistic Bengali film, Subhashchandra, that is worth recalling in a less innocent age. ....
by Panini Anand
Rape happens, and with frightening regularity in the VIP constituency of India’s most powerful woman, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. ....
by Rsschennai.blogspot.in
Strongly condemning the remarks of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Tuesday appealed to the people to participate in the nationwide protest demonstrations on January 24. ....
Janaka Goonetilleke
We have for so long ignored and disregarded the wealth of knowledge from our glorious 2500-year-old civilization that we have become mere appendages to western civilization. ....
David Leigh Jean Francois Tanda & Jessica Benhamou
With money from the dictator for papal recognition of the Italian fascist regime in 1929, the Vatican used tax havens to create a £500m international portfolio. ...
The Indian Express
Like so many success stories in India, this one begins in a village. Jayakumar Perumal moved to Mumbai from Tamil Nadu’s Periyakollur village. ....
S Gurumurthy
“The RSS and the BJP were behind the Samjhauta Express, Mecca Masjid and Malegaon blasts,” declared Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on January 20, 2012 ...
Bhim Singh
Over one billion citizens of India shall be celebrating India’s 64th Republic Day all over the country while over 10 million citizens of India in Jammu ....
Manu Pubby
In a candid admission that only regular troops of the Pakistan Army took part in the Kargil conflict with India in 1999 and not mujahideen fighters as claimed by Islamabad ....
NDTV.com
"I am scared to visit the police station. Anyone can insult you there." As understandable as such an utterance may sound coming from one of us ....
